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 Bill Status of HB4479  103rd General Assembly


Short Description:  CONT SUB-OVERDOSE-ASSISTANCE

House Sponsors
Rep. Dan Caulkins

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/17/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
720 ILCS 570/414


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a person who reasonably believes that another person is experiencing an overdose and knowingly fails to seek emergency medical assistance for that person is guilty of a Class 4 felony unless the person experiencing the overdose dies as a result of failing to obtain the emergency medical assistance, in which case the penalty for violating this provision is a Class 1 felony.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/17/2024HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Caulkins
  1/17/2024HouseFirst Reading
  1/17/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee

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